Combination hose connector and valve



Dot. 5, 1954 A. W. CHANDLER COMBINATION HOSE CONNECTOR AND VALVE Filed Aug. 21, 1950 INVENTOR. A. W. CHANDLER A TTORNEVS Patented Oct. 5, 1954 COMBINATION HOSE CONNECTOR VALVE.

Alanson W. Chandler, Tulsa, Okla, assignoi; to Phillips Petroleum Company, a corporation, oi

Delaware Application August 21, 1950., SerialNo, 180.665.

2'Claims. 1.

This invention relates to improvements in a combined hose. connector and. valve.

In the prior art difliculty has been experienced in. providing a hose connector with, an. automatically opening valve which will operate with,- out. leakage over long periods of time, is light and easily handled, is hand operated, and which is rugged of use and economical to manufacture. My invention may be summarized as a hand operable combination hose connector and valve comprising a connector housing, av tubular valve slidably operating inside said housing and protected by said housing such that said tubular valve is automatically opened or closed as the housing is connected or disconnected, said tubular valve having spaced packing elements of difierent sizes so that hydrostatic pressure in said connector housing tends to extrude said tubular valve into contact with the conduit to which the connector is connected, to maintain a fluid tight seal until disconnection is complete.

An object of this invention. is to. provide a. device ior filling containers which. includes in a single, unit a hose. connection and-a valve. whereby the val'veis opened. or closed as the. supply hose is connected to or disconnected from the container.

Another object. is to provide, a. hose connector containing an automatic valve in which a rugged and relatively simplev connection sleeve surrounds and protects, but is. separate. from. the. valve so thatthe control of. fluid flow and sealing. against leakage is. done by mechanism separate. from and protected by the, mechanism used, for making the mechanical connection of. the hose portions.

Another object is to provide a new and novel means of operating the valve in said device.

Still another object is to reduce the time required for the filling of liquefied petroleum gas cylinders.

Other objects will be, apparent to one skilled in the art. upon reading the. accompanying specification, claims,. and drawings- Figure. 1.15 a crossrsectional view=of a hose connection embodying the. present: invention.

Figure 2: is. a crossrsectionali view, with. parts broken. away, of. a portion; of the hose connection of Figure 1 when connected with its complementary fitting.

One preferred form of my invention is indicated in the attached drawing. In Figure l, the unit comprises housing 4, connecting bushing 8 and tubular valve member I2. Tubular valve member 12 is a floating member and is guided by connecting bushing 8 and valve seat It. Housing 4 forms conduit 1 which is filled with fluid as 2; indicated. by arrows. in the drawing when the pply hoseis. connected at.3.by adapter 2... Leah..- age betweenhousing 4; and adapter. 2. is, prevented by 0 ring, 22 or other suitable. means. valve seat [4 is preferably pressed into. housing 4.- using oil and. white. lead or other suitable. material, to insure a leak-proof fit.

0 ring. Zli is secured to the. open end 5, of tubular. valve. member 12 by retainer washer [5. Valve. disc. I6 is. mounted on, backing member ii and secured to. stem ll of valve member 1'2 by nut H. Valve member l,2fis held. in the. closed positionby a combination of the action. of spring l8, which. is under compression, and the. pres.- sure of the confined fluid. When the. valve. is open, fluid enters tubular valve. member l2. from conduit. 1 through. angular perforations 9... O ring. 24 prevents, leakage between valve v member 12 and housing. 41 when the valve. is in open p.051! tion or whenever fluid under pressure is in the chamber of tubular valve member l2.

Connecting. bushing 8" is provided witha. hand wheel 6 and leftj-hand threads, [0. The, point. of contact 20; between. connecting. bushing 8 and collar l3 may belubri'catedwitlt graphite. powder and. water or other suitable. lubricant. Vent I9 is, provided to reduce blow-back between valve member l2 and. connecting bushing, 8 when. the unit is disconnected- In Figure. 2, 31- is the receiver for the container (not. shown) being filled, which receiver is threaded. to engage. threads ill of bushing 8. and O ring 26 of valve member l2, as shown.

In the. operation. of, my invention, for example, filling a liquid petroleum. gas. cylinder, the. unit. is connected to. the cylinder. to. be. filled: by engaging, the. threads. L0. on bushing. 8 withthreaded receiver 31 on the. cylinder and. turning wheel 5. The threads. are telescoped until 0 ring 2-5 makes, a. seal with the seat. in. the. cylinderv receiver 31' thus. preventing leakage between valve member l2 and the cylinder. to be. filled. Continued turning of. hand, wheel 6 forces connect..- ing bushing 8;. further into receiver 3i. Housing 4 is carried. forward by the, action of the. connecting. bushing 8; on. collar Iii. Since valve member l2; cannot move. because. of: the seal be-' tween 0 ring 26 and receiver 3!, as housing 4 is carried forward valve seat I4 is separated from valve disc I 6 and the fluid in conduit 1 flows between valve seat I4 and valve disc it through perforations 9 into tubular valve member 12 and thence through receiver 3| into the cylinder when the valve (not shown) on cylinder receiver 3! is opened.

When the cylinder is full, hand wheel 6 is turned so that connecting bushing 8 is disengaged from receiver 3I. As the bushing moves out, the combined action of spring I8 and fluid pressure in conduit 1 returns valve seat I4 to valve disc I6 and a seal is made. Continued turning of the hand wheel disengages the connecting bushing 8 and the seal between ring 26 and receiver 3| is broken.

One feature of my invention is the relationship between cross-sectional area 0 at O ring 26 and the cross-sectional area a at 0 ring 24. As illustrated in Figure 1, the area at a, is larger than the area at c. Since the pressure exerted on both areas is the same, the result is that the force exerted at a tending to hold the seal between reeciver 3I and O ring 26 is greater than the force exerted at c tending to break the seal between receiver SI and 0 ring 26. Thus a seal is effected until the threads I 0 are disengaged from receiver 3|. It will be noted that air pressure exists in the interspace between the bushing 8 and stem I2. Gasket 26 seals the stem I2 and connector 3| along a circular region normal to the stem and adjacent the protruding end of the stem while gasket 24 seals the stem and housing 4 along a circumferential region normal to the stem and adjacent the inner end thereof. It will be evident that liquefied petroleum gas pressure exists within the connector 3I and within the portion of housing 4 below gasket 24, and that a differential pressure exists tending to force the stem upwardly, i. e., out of the bushing 8 thus tending to close the valve. This force is exerted, as shown, upon the lower flange of the stem I2 along an annular area, the outer boundary of which is defined by projection of gasket 24 and the inner boundary of which is defined by the projection of gasket 26 upon the flange or enlarged lower end of the stem. The force is, of course, equal to the difference in pres sure between the liquefied petroleum gas and air multiplied by the annular area just defined.

Another feature of my invention is the utilization of both fluid pressure in conduit 1 and force of spring I8 to insure proper seating of valve disc I6 on valve seat I4. Since the area exposed to the fluid pressure tending to make a seal between the valve disc I6 and valve seat I4 is greater than the area exposed tending to break the seal, the spring I8 need only be strong enough to establish a seal before fluid is introduced into conduit 1.

Another feature of my invention is the drilling of perforations 9 in valve member I2 at an angle. When the perforations are drilled at right angles with respect to valve member I2, turbulence caused by the mixing of the entering fluid streams causes a large pressure drop at this point. In my invention, the perforations are drilled at an angle creating a streamlined effect where the fluid streams join and thereby the pressure drop at this point is reduced.

It is apparent that changes in the details of construction can be effected without departing from the novel subject matter herein disclosed. I do not, therefore, desire to be limited to the single embodiment used for purposes of illustration, but rather by the claims granted me.

I claim:

1. A combination hose connector and valve comprising, in combination, an elongated generally cylindrical housing, means for securing a container for fluid to one end of said housing, a valve seat formed in said housing, a valve head, a spring having one end thereof secured at said one end of the housing and having its other end secured to said valve head to urge it into engagement with the valve seat, an enlarged cylindrical stem secured to said valve head and protruding from the other end of said housing, a metal bushing concentric with and encircling said stem and connected to said housing, a tubular connector secured to said bushing and having an interior chamber, one end of said stem protruding from said bushing and being received within said chamber, a gasket secured to said protruding end of the stem and engageable with the walls of the chamber to define a fluid-tight connection therewith, said one end of the stem having a porion exposed to the fluid pressure within said housing, means for sealing the region between said housing and a portion of said stem received within the housing, said bushing having a vent formed therein communicating with the space between said bushing and said stem at a region between the housing and the threaded end of the bushing, said stem having a crosssectional area exposed to fluid pressure adjacent the valve head greater than said portion exposed to fluid pressure at the end thereof protruding beyond said bushing, whereby the differential pressure provides a force auxiliary to the force of said spring tending to close said valve.

2. A combination hose connector and valve constructed in accordance with claim 1 including a bearing formed on said housing receiving one end of said bushing, said bearing allowing rotary movement of the stem and housing but preventing longitudinal movement of the bushing relative to the housing, said connector being threadedly connected to the protruding end of said bushing whereby rotation of the bushing in one direction first causes the gasket to engage the chamber walls and thereafter produces relative movement between the housing and stem to efiect opening of the valve and rotation of the bushing in the opposite direction first permits closure of the valve and then disengages the gasket from the chamber walls.

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